Introducing Archive as Practice an afternoon # of music and talks curated by one of our 2024 un Extended Editor-in-Residents, Ella Howells. 📓
On Saturday June 1 from 3-9pm, the iconic Mission to Seafarers will house an afternoon-to-evening affair of talks, and performances by local artists, writers and musicians who are interested in cross-generational archival practices as it related to sound, art and music.
Talks by Andy Le, Amy May Stuart and Isobel D’Cruz Barnes will take place in the Chapel space, and performances from Fabulous Diamonds and Act Now will unfold in the Norla Dome, curated with assistance from Yasmine Sharaf from
Archive as Practice at Mission to Seafarers curated with EiR Ella Howells
We had performances from:
Fabulous Diamonds (Jarrod Zlatic and Nisa Venerosa) have been making music together since the early 2000s. Recently scored Signal Detection, curated by Tamsen Hopkinson at MEJIA. Archive as Practice was their first live appearance in 2 years @zlajz
Act Now is the duo of James Vinciguerra (Raev, Trevor, Total Control, Lace Curtain) and Tarquin Manek (Silzedrek, YL Hooi, Kallista Kult) described - in the words of the Lulus record store heads - as ‘absolutely busted mad genius shit.’ @tarquin.manek.presense @studiovinciguerra
And talks from:
Andy Le on his Voice Memo Bootlegs - a testament to the practice of bootlegging - in conversation with un Extended Editor-In-Residence Ella Howells. @voicememobootlegs@le.dinh.an
Amy May Stuart an artist, writer, educator, who’s recent archive-related exhibitions include Works from the Okatsuka Collection at TCB Art Inc, and Matsumoto at Kings Artist Run. @stuart_anyway
Isobel D’Cruz Barnes a multi-instrumentalist and ethnomusicologist appeared in conversation with Asher Elazary, a multi-instrumentalist composer and musician who performs as R Hunter. @isobeldcruz @rhunterrrr
Fabulous Diamonds are Jarrod Zlatic and Nisa Venerosa, who have made music together since the early 2000s. Hypnotic harmonies and drones traverse a devotional thrum of keyboards and percussion, released on Chapter Music, Siltbreeze and ALTER. They’ve played alongside acts such as Beach House and Deerhunter, and recently scored Signal Detection, curated by Tamsen Hopkinson at MEJIA. This will be their first live appearance in 2 years.
Act Now is the duo of James Vinciguerra (Raev, Trevor, Total Control, Lace Curtain) and Tarquin Manek (Silzedrek, LST, M.Quake, YL Hooi, Kallista Kult, Bum Creek). An anarchic excursion into dub across a landscape of genres that’s best described - in the words of the Lulus record store heads - as ‘absolutely busted mad genius shit.’
